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See also Jay , and jaý
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File:Garrulus glandarius 1 Luc Viatour.jpg Eurasian jay
File:Cyanocitta cristata FWS.jpg American jay
Etymology 1 [ ]
From Middle English , from Old French jaj , gai (Modern geai ), from Late Latin gaius ( “ ‘ jay’ ” ) perhaps cognate with and influenced by Old High German gāhi , cognate to Dutch gaai ; compare gay .
Noun [ ]
Singular
Jay
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Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genuses within the family Corvidae , including Garrulus , Cyanocitta , allied to the crows , but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
Other birds of similar appearance and behavior.
( archaic ) A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking .
Synonyms [ ]
( bird ) : Jenny jay , jay pie , k , kae ( UK ) ; bluejay , whisky jack ( US )
Hyponyms [ ]
( bird ) : Old World jay , gray jay , American jay
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Derived terms [ ]
terms derived from jay (bird)
Translations [ ]
bird
Albanian: grifsha
Armenian: ճայ hy (hy) (č̣ay)
Basque : eskinoso
Belarusian: сойка be (be)
Breton : kegin
Bulgarian: сойка bg (bg) (sojka)
Catalan : gaig
Croatian: šojka hr (hr)
Czech: sojka cs (cs) f.
Danish: skovskade (Eurasian jay)
Dutch: gaai nl (nl) m. , Vlaamse gaai nl (nl) m.
Esperanto: garolo
Estonian: pasknäär
Faroese: gnelliskjóra
Finnish: närhi fi (fi)
French: geai m. , geai des chênes m.
Friulian : gjaie , badascule
Galician : gaio , pega marza
German: Häher de (de) m.
Greek: κίσσα el (el) f.
Hebrew: עורבני he (he)
Hungarian: szajkó hu (hu)
Icelandic: skrækskaði is (is)
Irish: scréachóg
Italian: ghiandaia it (it) f.
Ladin : gacia
Latin: gaius
Latvian: sīlis
Lithuanian: kėkštas lt (lt)
Lower Sorbian : kabeja
Macedonian : сојка mk (mk) (sojka) f.
Maltese: sultan iċ-ċawl
Navajo: tʼádootłʼizhii
Norwegian: nøtteskrike (Eurasian jay)
Occitan : gag
Polish: sójka pl (pl) f.
Portuguese: gralha pt (pt) f. , gaio pt (pt) m.
Romanian: gaiţa f.
Romansch : sgragia f.
Russian: сойка ru (ru) (sójka) f.
Sami : látteguovssat
Sardinian : piga , pica , marabiga , mariabiga , melapica
Scottish: sgreuchag-choille
Serbian:
Cyrillic: креjа f. , шојка f. , сoјка f.
Roman: kreja f. , šojka f. , sojka f.
Slovak: sojka škriekavá
Slovene: šoja sl (sl)
Spanish: arrendajo m. , urraca f.
Swedish: nötskrika (Eurasian jay)
Turkish: alakarga tr (tr)
Ukrainian: сойка uk (uk) (sojka)
Upper Sorbian : škrěkawa
Welsh: sgrech y coed
West Frisian : houtekster
Etymology 2 [ ]
Respelling of the letter jy , by analogy with the following letter kay .
Noun [ ] Jay (s)
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Translations [ ]
name of the letter J, j
Arabic: جاي ar (ar) (jay, jey) m.
Dutch: jee nl (nl) f.
Esperanto: jo eo (eo)
German: Jot de (de) m.
Hindi: जे hi (hi) (jē)
Italian: i lunga it (it) f.
Japanese: ジェイ ja (ja) (jei)
Korean: 제이 ko (ko) (jei)
Portuguese: jota pt (pt) m.
Russian: джей ru (ru) (džej) n. ( English ) , йот ru (ru) (jot) m.
Spanish: jota es (es) f.
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